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...native Italy with hopes of a hero's welcome after the big success of his operas on Broadway (TIME, May 1). For the first Italian production of The Consul, La Scala was giving him everything he wanted: a hand-picked cast (including Contralto Marie Powers and Tenor Andrew McKinley from Broad way's Consul), new sets, plenty of rehearsals and free rein with the staging. But instead of garlands, he sniffed garlic. For one thing, some Italians resented the fact that he won his fame...
...Some of them: In 1802 President Jefferson sent a naval expedition to war with the Barbary pirates; in 1900 President McKinley sent U.S. sailors, soldiers and marines into China to help quell the Boxer Rebellion; in 1912 President Taft established an American "protectorate" over Nicaragua with the marines in charge...
Roosevelt approached Eliot to ask him how he expected to vote, not knowing the rule against candidates talking to the president. Nevertheless, FDR was able to get the story and the CRIMSON of October 29 reported that Eliot would vote for McKinley and the rest of the Republican ticket...
...annual brochure, Los Angeles' Utter-McKinley Mortuaries last week took note of recent developments of interest to its clients. On the front page was a large picture of a bursting A-bomb and a panel of rules to be followed in case of an atomic attack. Just in case anyone forgot the rules, there was also a double-page layout of variously priced Utter-McKinley caskets. And with each brochure Utter-McKinley had thoughtfully enclosed a little card which no careless person should be without. It read: "To County Coroner, Authorized Authorities or Whom it May Concern, in event...
...brief stops along the way he shook hands with local Democrats, accepted a batch of birthday cakes (on Monday he was 66) and traded good-natured sallies with trainside crowds. By the time he reached Galesburg, Ill., which had not been visited by a President since William McKinley stopped there in 1899, the President was drawing crowds and sniping away at the Republicans who opposed his foreign policy ("They can't see beyond their noses"). At Lincoln, Neb., in the heart of the farm belt, he got around to the first of nine formal speeches of the tour. Opposition...